From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 24 22:14:46 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 939EE106564A for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:14:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lichray@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f175.google.com (mail-qy0-f175.google.com [209.85.216.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 426BB8FC1C for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:14:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk35 with SMTP id 35so5807155qyk.13 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:14:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=rrG9KVhLVzrwDolALjnX2PPkfgX5OkdhUGCINKc8reg=; b=FlpXbayJclZcgikLqo90Jwxh9a1E/XpAC6IK4eI8kiXgU+N9itSN2iRGfiBT646Jy3 maqtqYDIm6+fqEXy9QjFHCQLEj4orjt7u05LkDp1EKyfPESFWbgg5Taf6BJ3hKBHQFR0 u9K1Amfo8A2w2MQT3KS0A4dR0FnQDW9rtNRWg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=vr9RUbHbjYPl8/8YDnEy5daYP+a9DLfxtNB9cGPM045ge4BnK2kAmwf4qYN8pyM76/ NiMcj2ni8I7ZUkYurY4ohXzR1CHNT2boaxqJo95jsbrDbgN9Ns4DhcM2L5A9IoUahHsd 24oSmnft3yR6wC2QAHb+7nbIKH6jkkhRV7BLc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.71.69 with SMTP id g5mr17407qaj.305.1301004885245; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:14:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.20.19 with HTTP; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:14:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201103242207.p2OM7f6J009261@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201103242207.p2OM7f6J009261@fire.js.berklix.net> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:14:45 -0500 Message-ID: From: Zhihao Yuan To: "Julian H. Stacey" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [GSoC] About the idea: Unicode support in vi X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:14:46 -0000 On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Zhihao Yuan wrote: > >> ed seems works, but it's not either vi or ex. >> I'm not typically like ee... I sill wondering why we kept it in base >> system. It does not work when termcap is not correct, so I still need >> to use ed in such a case. Same thing happens to ex-vi. > > History: > =C2=A0ee was added long ago by emacs afficionado jkh@ for the > =C2=A0sys installer eg /etc/inetd.conf > =C2=A0Small vi clones in source were available then too, on DOS 3.2 & Min= ix, > =C2=A0One was called Stevie, I can't remember the others. > > Replacing ee with a mini vi clone would be a return to Unix. > One would need to co-ordinate on O-O-Ok... Let emacs guys do emacs stuff. I need to go looking for a possible mentor on nvi... > > Cheers, > Julian > -- > Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix= .com > =C2=A0Mail plain text; =C2=A0Not quoted-printable, Not HTML, Not base 64. > =C2=A0Reply below text sections not at top, to avoid breaking cumulative = context. > --=20 Zhihao Yuan The best way to predict the future is to invent it.